Shade or awning raising device



March 1927.

H. H. ROLLINS SHADE OR AWNING RAlVISING DEVICE kBY A TTORNE Y.

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Patented Mar. l, 1927.

1,619,635 NT OFFICE.

HENRY H. ROL'LINS, OF PHOENIX, ARlZONA.

SHADE OR RAISING DEVICE.

Application -led may 9,

This invention relates to awning raising devices and pertainsparticularly to a device in which an awning may be raised or loweredfrom the interior of a building, with quickness and ease.

The primar;Y object of l.this invention is the provision, in a manner ashereinafter set forth, oi a means whereby .an awning may be raised fromthe 4interior ot a building without the use ot' ropes or pulleys, andsuch means is further employed for locking the awning in loweredposition so that the saine may be used as a window protector in additionto its use as a shade for the window.

The invention contemplates the provision of a. jointed arm, formed inthree or tour sections, and thisarm is extended through a triangularpassage formed transyersely through the window frame over which anawning is secured so that, a person upon the inside ot the window canextend or re tract the awning controllingarni through the aperture toraise or lower the awning. Provision is made in the aperture whereby thearm can be secured in a plurality of positions to hold the awning highup or at an inclination before the window. Then the awning is fully downthe arin extends completely through the window frame and is so formedthat it hangs directly down along the inner face thereof against whichit can be secured thus fastening the awning in depending` positionbefore the window.

A final object ot' this invention is the provision, in a manner ashereinafter set torth, ot an awning manipulating means which is simplein construction, light but strong and durable, and easy to operate.

In the drawing z Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through awindow frame and through an awning secured thereto, showing the deviceembodying this invention as applied.

Figure 2 is a section taken upon the line 2 2 ot Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawing in detail wherein like numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts throughout, a window traine isindicated generally by the numeral 1. This t 1aine comprises the usualsill f2 top 3 and sides il, one only of which sides shown. .An upper andlower sash is indicated respectively by the numerals 5 and G.

Formed through one side ot the frame is a slot or passage indicatedgenerally by thev numeral 7, the bottom 8 ot this passage be- 18275.Serial .No 29,168.

inghorizontal and. the ltop portion v9 inclined upwardly as shown fromthe inner side to the outer side of the traine. In conjunction with arectangular awning frame indicated at 10, which is pivotallysecured asat 11 to the top part ot the window `traine upon the outside and whichalso has thereover andcarries the awning 12, there is secured the`jointed arm indicated generally by the numeral 18. his arm is formed inthree sections 111, 15 .and 1.6 respeetivelyiand extends through vtheslot 7 .as shown. rilhe joints are hingedly secured togethery as shown,the hinge 2l between the sections 14k and 15 being freely pivoted whilethe connection between the portions 15 and 16 is a butt-hinge 22, bymeans of which these two sections will assume the rigid extendedposition shown in dotted lines Figure 1, when the awning is raised toits full height. The outer Yend of the portion 14 is riveted as at 17 toone side ofthe said `trame. The length ot' the section 14 issubstantially equal with the distance through the slot 7 or in otherwords with the thickness of the window frame 1 thus when the awning isin down position as shown, hanging vertically, the pivoted end of theportion 14 comes just beyond the inner tace of the trame so that theportions 15 and 1G can depend along the inner "ace or". the saine. Inthis position the arm is engaged under the right angled end ot a hookmember 18 to secure it in position thus preventing the awning from beingraised by one upon the outside oi2 the window. Y

Extending.transversely of the constricted inner portion of the slot 7 isa pin 19 and the portions 15 and 16 of the arm 13 have their lower edgenotched as at 2O for engagement over the pin 19 so that the' arm can beheld in several extended positions. 1t can readily be seen from theforegoing description that when the section 16 of the arm 13 is releasedfrom engagement under the right angled portion of the hook 18 that bydrawing the arm in or forcing the same outwardly through the slot 7 theawning can be raised or lowered and when the awning has been moved tothe desired position it can be so held by engaging the pin 19 in one ofthe notches 2Or in the under edge of the arm.

Although there has been shownand described an awning mounted upon a.metal frame it is to be understood that this device f can be as readilyadapted for use on a solid an appropriately formed slot through one sidethereof, comprising an arm formed into an outer, intermediate and aninner section and adapted to extend through said slot, said outersection being adapted to have one end rigidly secured to an awning framemounted to swing outwardly from said window frame, a hinge connectionbetween said outer section and the intermediate section, a buttI hingeconnection between said intermediate section and the inner section,permitting the inner section to swing from aligned relation to theintermediate section to nearly right angled relation thereto, said innerportion When in the latter position With the. intermediate portionextendedrthrough said slot, lying against the inner Jface of said trame,

` means for securing the intermediate portion when extended through theslot, and an angled securing member attached to the inner face o' theframe with one portion thereof in spaced parallel relation thereto,beneath which said inner portion is adapted to engage to prevent theshifting of the arm from the outside of the Window. l

In testimony whereof, I affixmy signature i hereto.

HENRY H. ROLLINS.

